Yes, it is true that men can experience abuse. This can happen in many different types of relationships. The good news is help is available. Before you can understand abuse, you need to know what it is and how to recognize it when it occurs. What Is Abuse? Abuse is defined as one person [...]

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010), more than 1 in 3 women in the United States have been victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). This includes physical assault, rape, or stalking. However, even though heterosexual males remain the largest class of offenders, there is finally a growing recognition of the impact [...]

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2017-11-08T22:13:00+00:00 April 18th, 2018|Mental Health, Relationships|Comments Off on Assessment of Intimate Partner Violence and Its Mental Health Consequences

Dating can bring joy and passion or make you feel lonely and misunderstood. When you add emotional disturbances into the mix, things can get even more complicated—if you let them. But you're hardly alone in your confusion. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, in any given year, roughly one in four adults experiences [...]

As a man, how do you know when you’ll be ready to commit? After working with male clients for 15 years, I have learned a thing or two about men. When it comes to commitment, I have a philosophy that three things must be in place for a man to commit to a relationship - [...]

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2017-11-23T09:09:47+00:00 November 22nd, 2017|Relationships|Comments Off on When a Man is Ready to Commit

Over the course of our lifetimes, we develop hundreds of professional and personal relationships. Paradoxically, it’s often the people we consider closest to us—such as our partners, parents, children, colleagues, or friends—with whom we have the most conflict. For many people, this type of interrelational discord is a major source of stress. Professional help can be [...]

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2017-10-27T21:40:04+00:00 February 14th, 2015|Relationships|Comments Off on How Improving Our Communication Can Make Our Relationships Better

What Imagery Best Describes Your Intimate Relationship? Think about the question for a moment. Would you describe your relationship as an adventurous open air balloon ride drifting freely over a cloud filled sunny sky? Or would a dark room with rusted iron windows bolted shut be an apt description? Exploring Your Ultimate End-Point Establishing successful [...]

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2017-10-27T21:40:13+00:00 February 12th, 2015|Relationships|Comments Off on What Imagery Best Describes Your Intimate Relationship?

When a father is physically or emotionally absent, the parents frequently can't form a healthy bond with each other, much less with their children. Frequently, the mother may attempt to bond with the oldest son to satisfy her unmet emotional needs. Subsequently, the son's self-esteem becomes defined by his mother. Fortunately, individual therapy and counseling [...]

Gender Roles and How They Limit Us Gender roles are forces that tend to separate men and women. We hear phrases like, "he is just a boy," or, "girls are fragile." We assign these roles to children who grow up to be adults who have limited tools to understand, let alone deal with, these perceived [...]

The holidays are here—and it’s time to socialize. Chances are, you’ll meet many new people within the next year, and brushing up on impressive character traits is important for improvised visits and first impressions. It can take under 100 milliseconds to gage someone’s personality, so impressing a newcomer should be a “before-during-and-after” deal. Before getting [...]

Often in my life and in my work I come across people who are struggling with a lot of insecurities and seem very concerned about the judgments of others. Sometimes this phenomenon seems to completely dictate a person's life and they are filled with anxiety and guilt about who they are as a person or [...]